Changing Conspiracy Beliefs through Rationality and Ridiculing

Changing Conspiracy Beliefs through Rationality and Ridiculing

Conspiracy theory (CT) beliefs can be harmful. How is it possible to reduce them effectively? Three reduction strategies were tested in an online experiment using general and well-known CT beliefs on a comprehensive randomly assigned Hungarian sample (N = 813): exposing rational counter CT arguments...

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Main Authors: Gábor Orosz, Péter Krekó, Benedek Paskuj, István Tóth-Király, Beáta Bőthe, Christine Roland-Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Empathy
Belief
rationality
conspiracy theory
ridiculing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01525/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01525/full

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